PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Magna aliquyam lorem ipsum. Gubergren amet amet dolores aliquyam esse magna takimata sed. Sanctus sed no lorem est dolor justo dolor gubergren ea. No voluptua adipiscing takimata ex consetetur duis. Nonumy ea est sanctus tempor duis in et no et ipsum aliquyam elitr sanctus tempor rebum rebum feugiat elitr. Erat stet diam nulla eirmod.
Justo ipsum gubergren clita amet. Accumsan sit sit sit labore et eirmod clita ipsum consetetur aliquip ut. Qui aliquyam sed volutpat sadipscing eos ut dolore tempor diam kasd wisi duo. Stet ullamcorper aliquyam. Et hendrerit te dolor gubergren nisl.
Sample Output H3
Ullamcorper lobortis dolor magna dolor enim duo. Dolor et duis nisl dolores diam feugait in suscipit. Nonumy lorem accusam sanctus at dolore consequat autem molestie wisi at velit. Tempor est ipsum dolore amet. Voluptua at minim magna enim ea hendrerit stet vero dolore magna dolores labore eum suscipit augue elitr assum ex. Duo stet et et justo clita adipiscing sit vero ipsum autem in sadipscing. Labore amet sit nonumy laoreet sed et. At at lorem ipsum diam ipsum labore elitr ad delenit. Et nonumy sadipscing dolore nonumy sit blandit. Et nonumy augue labore justo sea sit adipiscing sanctus duo sit stet clita rebum vero in congue stet.
Consetetur sit aliquip ex ut stet. Consetetur accusam volutpat dolores vero et voluptua vulputate justo et in magna diam diam sea. Sed voluptua amet dolores sanctus magna vero dolor ut takimata sit accusam diam nisl gubergren amet. Ex sanctus sed nisl sit voluptua sed dolore ut sea sea accusam enim lorem dolore. Placerat gubergren sadipscing labore duis. Sed et lorem blandit justo diam sanctus amet stet et elitr ipsum consequat. Et nam diam lorem no ipsum enim. Kasd illum lorem no ea et et et duo praesent congue labore dolor no sed ex takimata rebum.
Sample Output H4
Erat accusam sed erat sit ipsum et labore stet sadipscing takimata augue sed dolor. Duo vel gubergren stet odio consequat aliquip dolor voluptua. Consequat sanctus eros ea facilisi tincidunt amet consectetuer consetetur tincidunt vel ut et adipiscing dolores. Eirmod gubergren at facilisis sit et dolor vulputate iusto feugiat aliquyam dolor te. Sed assum ipsum tincidunt clita justo sanctus et. Duo aliquyam clita eos et vero dolores. Dolor amet elitr dolor dolor consetetur enim. Gubergren ea dolor dolore elitr illum elitr voluptua molestie rebum sanctus autem. Ut dolor invidunt ad et vero sit nonumy ut aliquyam consequat.
Et facilisi dolor eos est consetetur et dolor ipsum eos gubergren sadipscing accusam ipsum eirmod ut vel dolor duo. Invidunt at ipsum et nonumy clita lorem sanctus. In sit invidunt invidunt voluptua autem erat takimata lorem. Adipiscing eu clita ad mazim te clita sea accusam ut ipsum ex at. Vel erat est id dolor amet consetetur sed autem vulputate sed eirmod. Ipsum amet nonumy in sed suscipit sea aliquip elitr takimata dolor et duis assum molestie dolore. Nibh consetetur et molestie magna dolor quod vero kasd zzril labore dolor diam at justo aliquip lobortis. Stet eu et at consetetur justo sed sadipscing eos no et qui amet. Ut illum takimata labore et vulputate lorem ipsum quis ad sit.
Sample Output H4
Rebum sed dolore sea justo sed et elitr. Clita justo lorem dolor no no at dolor lorem. Dignissim eum ea dolor duo nonumy assum duo duo kasd ipsum et in diam nonumy duis. Diam ut dolor at eos. Voluptua vero eirmod dolor dolor diam ut eos erat nostrud sed invidunt stet et consequat autem qui lorem. Est diam nihil.
No placerat sed amet vel dolores ipsum luptatum sit consectetuer velit vero aliquyam tempor et exerci et. Vero et cum lorem gubergren amet lorem te wisi odio aliquip qui invidunt duis invidunt diam sadipscing. Labore cum accusam diam tation iriure diam commodo. Suscipit justo eu at consequat et dolores et est. Est takimata erat sit gubergren et amet clita diam. Sea iusto invidunt consetetur qui takimata nihil et dolor tempor. Ea justo in in sed autem duis accusam vel et eos ea invidunt accusam ea accusam cum sed. Sea sed clita dolor dolores invidunt et tempor ut at sadipscing sit facilisis diam wisi in hendrerit sanctus consetetur. Et ipsum in rebum nibh eirmod lobortis et iriure lorem lorem consetetur at diam invidunt eleifend dolor dolores ut. No kasd eos sit et eos ea tempor. Facilisis voluptua duis sadipscing gubergren invidunt lorem lorem.
Sample Output H3
Sed sit et rebum et accusam lorem dolor dolore in rebum dolore iusto. Assum no gubergren aliquyam iriure elitr ea et volutpat vel clita sed diam ut justo lorem dolore. Soluta dolor et tempor elitr et. At et takimata erat aliquyam vulputate est et consequat. Labore voluptua vero no at in. Eros diam nobis sea et facilisis dolores lorem feugait ipsum et magna sit sit blandit at voluptua justo et. Sadipscing vero dignissim sanctus nonumy amet aliquyam invidunt clita sea ipsum sed zzril invidunt. Invidunt rebum rebum gubergren sadipscing sed aliquyam dolore odio labore.
Nonummy wisi ipsum magna nonumy sanctus. Stet stet volutpat dolor dolor ea lorem aliquyam accusam sit labore sadipscing. Imperdiet nibh dolore stet clita gubergren voluptua diam clita dolor et eos luptatum. Accusam dolor no diam. Sanctus lorem diam rebum amet nonumy stet amet sed. Gubergren ut eirmod diam elitr nonumy ipsum dolore ut justo stet dolore diam duo. Assum dolore vel stet duis diam euismod vero consequat eirmod amet et amet. In lorem ea ut augue sit dolor. Kasd vulputate augue ut. Sit sea ea amet rebum voluptua consetetur facilisis praesent kasd dolore magna amet ea kasd velit molestie diam.
Sample Output H4
Et te et congue stet ut feugiat dolores in diam consetetur molestie. Et dolore commodo. Diam magna in suscipit tempor sed tation et illum congue ut sed. Quis consetetur no takimata eirmod nisl eirmod odio magna et aliquyam sed. Duis dolores et. Erat eos consetetur dolor.
Amet kasd nulla wisi adipiscing zzril dolor erat imperdiet te dolores dolore sit. Dolores et voluptua ad facilisis enim no stet tincidunt sit rebum. Vel ut magna clita stet facilisis dolor exerci ea sit iriure ut et sed labore consetetur ea. Justo labore ea sed elitr amet aliquyam delenit voluptua aliquyam at zzril dolor augue nonumy sed erat ut. Adipiscing consectetuer et suscipit ut et odio no elitr. Et illum et kasd.
Sample Output H4
Sed feugait gubergren vel at consequat vel et facilisi est sit diam erat. Ut clita dolor esse dolores tempor amet amet sea dolores. Dignissim est voluptua enim duis et lorem ut dolore te sed justo accusam invidunt. Amet possim dolores ipsum suscipit consetetur sed doming dolor kasd ut congue sadipscing sanctus stet et dolor euismod magna. Imperdiet nisl dolore sea erat sit ut ad. Magna elitr voluptua et et. Tincidunt sed nonumy facilisis quis at nonummy eos diam zzril vero.
Gubergren gubergren dolor nostrud velit zzril ullamcorper kasd. No vero ad in stet laoreet duo duo ut amet no aliquam eum diam erat invidunt est dolore et. Magna sadipscing dolore ut consectetuer iusto eu vero ut consequat. Sit consetetur tation ea rebum stet et amet sit. Accusam eos amet sit. Rebum justo amet ut labore invidunt vulputate diam consequat et facilisi feugiat kasd elitr magna diam et. Sed consectetuer facilisis ut lorem et justo eirmod ut duo facilisis vel et diam et magna mazim gubergren. Consetetur ea ut no et consequat nisl takimata nisl est et. Diam est et augue molestie feugait diam facilisis et. Sit sit ea. Sea nulla ad id augue blandit tempor labore iusto sanctus dolores iusto sed dolore tempor.
More Sample Output H2
Et ea nihil ut esse tempor. Magna aliquam commodo magna vulputate consetetur nam ut ullamcorper labore vel eos at sea elitr dignissim. Eirmod et doming adipiscing ea dolores tempor nibh accumsan ea clita invidunt. Stet nisl sadipscing hendrerit no voluptua et. Ad consequat amet ut. Voluptua sed ipsum. Kasd sed stet consetetur veniam ullamcorper ullamcorper minim amet diam ipsum esse magna amet in dolore dolor accusam tempor. Aliquip quis dolores ex consequat takimata ex dolore clita sit elitr. Erat dolore diam accusam lorem duis labore amet illum vero rebum et amet duo. Ipsum sed nonumy clita est diam.
Dolore at te minim tation ipsum stet duo ea rebum eirmod quod elitr. Molestie vulputate no tempor aliquam nulla amet. Magna dolores nonumy diam labore suscipit lobortis diam et. Stet sed eos dolor sit sit dolor erat et sanctus ipsum vulputate rebum hendrerit quod quis in. Volutpat et ipsum et cum nobis diam hendrerit et duo molestie nulla. Voluptua sed dolor magna et ea nonumy in clita kasd voluptua no diam et et ipsum erat.
Sample Output H3
Dolores at tempor dolore qui consetetur facilisi possim et eirmod. Nonummy tincidunt kasd gubergren et sit stet clita eros kasd. Ipsum sadipscing sanctus kasd gubergren at amet tempor accumsan elit. Et gubergren et iusto takimata duo et consetetur stet justo tincidunt dolores et sed praesent. Consetetur stet sed. Nonumy id vulputate lobortis amet delenit sea sit sed est et autem kasd vero iriure.
Sit nonumy amet iriure. Ipsum euismod et voluptua eos duis dolore autem facilisi sea molestie at et. Eos molestie duis sea in et magna elitr tempor at takimata. Eirmod minim diam sadipscing eos nonumy sit accusam eum sea. Ipsum dolor clita exerci aliquyam ipsum vero rebum lorem elitr diam diam vero takimata.
Sample Output H4
Iusto ipsum et hendrerit invidunt et imperdiet no amet feugait duis ut est dolore consetetur no ea sit. Et aliquyam aliquyam sit consetetur stet. Dignissim diam ipsum dolor illum ex amet. Stet justo et sit et dolor consetetur laoreet duis suscipit dolores diam gubergren nulla ea no. Nonumy eu elitr voluptua elitr dolor. Sed duis duis consetetur quis elitr gubergren amet sed clita veniam sea eirmod. Magna elitr at et duo delenit voluptua vero amet est nonumy ea diam aliquyam et dolore et accusam duo. Velit et ea ut clita accusam sit accusam. Ipsum eirmod vulputate. Autem ea diam et erat sea est possim ullamcorper at sadipscing et. Dolores lorem vero lorem sed.
Lorem sadipscing ut velit sed magna ea duo vero at. Consequat vel sed elitr sed magna est diam consectetuer. Invidunt et imperdiet accumsan autem lorem tempor hendrerit consequat dolore sanctus sed ut. Vero ullamcorper esse elitr elit elitr eirmod ea vel lorem et facilisi veniam no. Sadipscing vel dolor takimata no rebum sed magna et. Diam erat id voluptua duis sit lorem ipsum ut dolor. Ea stet et facer consetetur et wisi et dolores. Exerci diam consetetur lorem dolor est laoreet voluptua rebum rebum voluptua et duis nam eu tincidunt justo et.
Sample Output H4
Consetetur dolor diam consetetur clita qui te esse et consetetur eros eirmod luptatum. Molestie aliquip eleifend placerat zzril dolore dolor eirmod in magna sanctus. Dolore qui takimata molestie. Rebum liber dolor feugiat facilisis suscipit lorem mazim. Sed diam kasd ut ullamcorper lorem ipsum erat justo magna sed feugiat invidunt. Vero et tempor praesent praesent dolores et sed nonummy eleifend sit sed sit magna est.
Nobis lorem justo. Vero sed takimata duo accumsan elitr et duis diam sanctus amet exerci erat et in vero ipsum kasd. At tempor nonummy feugiat eos euismod clita dolor. Sit ut doming eu accusam vero sit consetetur delenit sit sadipscing voluptua dolor elitr. Consetetur duis diam et nihil dolor magna.
Sample Output H3
Sadipscing amet sed kasd dolore illum tation eos et eum dolor ut kasd duo eirmod. Accusam delenit sed eirmod labore rebum sanctus clita aliquyam ut amet vero lorem est diam ea elitr sed. Voluptua nostrud accumsan clita ea diam possim ipsum ullamcorper laoreet vero et. Lorem ipsum ut dolores invidunt eirmod dolor eu et dolore magna ut justo et. Duo tempor eirmod amet magna dolor kasd eu ipsum lorem rebum diam dolore kasd ea suscipit sanctus justo. At aliquip stet in dolor ipsum rebum sed iusto tempor clita quis at sadipscing ea ut sit dolore ut. Amet tation ut sed. Iusto clita ipsum enim. Stet at augue est ut vulputate est voluptua quis sit elitr ea eirmod dolor justo eos eirmod gubergren. Exerci dolores at ad eos ut dolores sit soluta stet vero sed ea et.
Invidunt et possim ut at rebum voluptua eos clita aliquam dolore wisi et et takimata illum enim kasd. Odio eirmod no nonumy ipsum et vero stet clita consectetuer ipsum consetetur lobortis diam aliquam et sanctus duo dolore. Dolore elitr sit eirmod invidunt illum et tation sadipscing takimata at. Ipsum justo stet clita sed sed sit quis et. Stet est iusto. Ipsum ea sanctus elitr sit et vel justo hendrerit commodo invidunt possim. Justo facilisis augue feugiat sanctus veniam consetetur sed magna. Labore est erat ad possim elitr sed amet wisi wisi in.
Sample Output H4
Tempor dolor sanctus gubergren. Ea minim duo et facilisi exerci dolore ut iusto consectetuer sea consetetur quis diam et diam sanctus. Voluptua volutpat elitr sed invidunt lorem diam vero clita adipiscing ut sadipscing facilisis eirmod aliquip magna tation sit diam. Dolore accusam lorem suscipit ipsum. Invidunt dignissim dolor accusam eos. Delenit rebum aliquam quis lorem ut rebum aliquyam elitr sit iriure invidunt elit augue sanctus sea kasd vel. Ut illum sanctus est ea blandit. At diam dolores et accusam gubergren no gubergren stet minim rebum sed.
Accusam consetetur takimata ad euismod augue at vulputate ipsum erat no est vulputate sanctus duis nulla. Cum sed ipsum et tempor vel et rebum invidunt sed et sit duis consetetur et tempor luptatum sit. Ipsum eos voluptua et illum ea accumsan eirmod eum et justo dolor stet dignissim dolor. Amet clita sit labore kasd volutpat diam eum dignissim est accumsan at ut et duo at. Et id invidunt eos et invidunt rebum dolore erat id. Amet at sanctus rebum kasd duis et sea luptatum clita rebum duis et clita et. Nibh amet justo eirmod ipsum iriure in hendrerit kasd.
Sample Output H4
Erat amet tempor iusto. Voluptua nonumy consetetur iriure adipiscing gubergren ea et et. Nulla dolores in ipsum dolores magna molestie gubergren ipsum. Voluptua ut dolores aliquip dolor dolor ipsum quis dolor at stet elit vulputate stet accusam dolore blandit lobortis sed. Ut praesent dolor lorem diam at sit stet ea amet et. Dolores placerat at in et takimata tempor stet sed. Blandit magna minim sit gubergren sed dolore labore dolores rebum justo dolore veniam. Et nihil dolor diam sit takimata rebum at et.
Et sanctus dolore no et ea velit. Et lorem suscipit et diam et eos invidunt magna. Sed feugiat labore diam lorem duo sadipscing est amet. Illum et sadipscing ea. Justo sadipscing in sed no ullamcorper eu lorem diam autem eros dolore laoreet clita. Vero est dolore sit eirmod. Euismod aliquyam tation consectetuer esse sed ea nulla no sadipscing. In assum eirmod et amet. Sanctus eos eu aliquip consetetur dolor sed vel praesent sadipscing.